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Subject: Re: Smirin vs. Shredder - a question

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 16:13:03 04/15/02

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On April 15, 2002 at 12:56:21, Chris Carson wrote:

>On April 15, 2002 at 12:52:33, Mark Young wrote:
>
>>On April 15, 2002 at 12:49:59, Chris Carson wrote:
>>
>>>On April 15, 2002 at 11:52:41, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 15, 2002 at 08:56:27, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 15, 2002 at 08:17:04, Claudio A. Amorim wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>So, are these the programs supposed to play at a 2700 level? Sure, they win many
>>>>>>games against strong humans, but... Where is their chess competency? Shredder´s
>>>>>>errors against Smirin were so elementary that they would not fit well in a
>>>>>>strong club player´s blitz game.
>>>>>
>>>>>Let's not go crazy over ONE game! we need to ask these questions after the
>>>>>match, also you can not say "So, are these the programs supposed to play at a
>>>>>2700 level?" when this is a games based on one programs performance!
>>>>>Other than that i agree, it was not pretty...
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards
>>>>>Jonas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I think the thing that troubles _some_ of us greatly is this question:
>>>>
>>>>"Can you name any GM that would play a single game that looks as bad as
>>>> that one?"
>>>
>>>Kasparov (2800+) vs DBII the final game.
>>
>>Yes, that one must be the best of all. Really a awful game by the best GM of our
>>age.
>
>Guess GK is not a GM, any 1200 player would see that.

Show me a "top" computer program that sees the problems in that game until the
very end.



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